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STACEY PALMORE
ASSISTANT COACH
COACH STACEY PALMORE
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Stacey Palmore is in his fourth season
as an assistant coach with the Hokies.
His work on the road has established
himself as one of the top recruiters in the
ACC. He was the lead recruiter on many
of this year’s recruiting class, generally
considered the best in school history.
At Virginia Tech, Palmore is responsible
for on- and off-campus recruiting, as
well as game preparations and studentathlete
development. He works with the
Hokie front court players. Palmore has
demonstrated a knack for getting the unit
to achieve at a high level and to overcome
obstacles in their path. The post players
saw tremendous improvement during
the 2004-05 season and continued that
progress during the last two seasons.
“Stacey Palmore has an ability to
communicate and relate with young
people, both on the floor and during
the course of the recruiting process,”
head coach Seth Greenberg said. “He is
a tremendous role-model and mentor to
our players and an extremely valuable
asset to our program. His attention to
detail, work-ethic and commitment to the
young people in our program is second
to none.”
Palmore came to Virginia Tech in the
summer of 2004 after spending the 2003-
04 season as an assistant at the College of
Charleston. Prior to his time at Charleston,
Palmore spent one season as an assistant
at University of Evansville. Palmore also
served as an assistant coach and recruiting
coordinator at Western Carolina from
2000 until 2002, where he recruited and
coached 2003-04 NCAA scoring average
runner-up Kevin Martin. Martin was the
first-round pick of the Sacramento Kings in
the 2004 NBA Draft. While at Evansville, he
helped the Purple Aces to a 12-16 mark in
2002-03 after posting just seven wins the
previous season.
A 1993 graduate of Livingstone (N.C.)
College, Palmore played basketball and
golf at the collegiate level. As a junior and
senior, he was in the nation’s top 10 in
Division II three-point field goal percentage
and was co-captain as a junior and senior.
He coached at Warwick High School
in Newport News, Va., for three years as
an assistant coach and then was elevated
to head coach in 1996, where Palmore
coached former Hokie and current NFL
superstar Michael Vick of the Atlanta
Falcons.
He spent one year at Lander (S.C.)
University as an assistant coach and then
served two years as assistant coach at
Erskine (S.C.) College before joining the
staff at Western Carolina. Since 1994,
Palmore has directed the Shoot 4 The Stars
Basketball Camp in Greenwood, S.C.
Palmore and his wife, Arese, welcomed
the arrival of a son, Jaden Alexander, on
July 31, 2006.
STACEY PALMORE FILE
Full name: Stacey Lenard Palmore
Date of birth: March 23, 1969
Hometown: Greenwood, S.C.
High School: Greenwood ‘87
College: Livingstone ’93
Wife: Arese
Children: Jaden (1)
Experience
Virginia Tech – 2004-present
(Assistant Coach)
College of Charleston – 2003-04
(Assistant Coach)
Evansville – 2002-03
(Assistant Coach)
Western Carolina – 2000-02
(Assistant Coach)
Erskine – 1998-2000
(Assistant Coach)
Lander – 1997-98
(Assistant Coach)
Warwick (Va.) H.S. – 1993-96
(Assistant Coach)
1996-97
(Head Coach)
Stacey Palmore and his wife, Arese, and their son, Jaden
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